Archives for January, 2026

People visit a makeshift memorial outside the "Le Constellation" bar, after a deadly fire and explosion during a New Year's Eve party in the upscale ski resort of Crans-Montana in southwestern Switzerland, January 4, 2026. REUTERS/Umit Bektas

Swiss police: last 16 victims of New Year's bar fire have been identified

Reuters

Video footage recorded on January 3, 2025 and released by the British Ministry of Defence shows a Royal Air Force Typhoon aircraft air-to-air refuelling during a joint patrol with French aircraft over Syria

France, UK conduct joint strikes against IS in Syria

Agence France-Presse

Protests by shopkeepers and traders in the capital Tehran erupted last week and have now spread to other Iranian cities

New clashes in Iran as protests enter second week: rights groups

Agence France-Presse

A flag of the UAE-backed separatist Southern Transitional Council (STC) flutters on a military patrol truck, at the site of a rally by STC supporters in Aden, Yemen, January 1, 2026. REUTERS/Fawaz Salman

Yemeni government accuses separatists of Aden restrictions

Reuters

After more than two years of war 11 million Sudanese have been forced from their homes and many are reliant on humanitarian aid

114 killed in week of attacks in Sudan's Darfur: medical sources

Agence France-Presse

A flight radar map shows almost empty airspace over Greece, after airports across Greece suspended arrivals and departures due to unspecified issues affecting radio frequencies, according to the Greek aviation authority, in this screengrab obtained from the internet on January 4, 2026. FLIGHTRADAR24.COM via REUTERS

Radio frequency loss grounds flights in Greece, stranding thousands

Reuters

People walk past closed shops following protests over a plunge in the currency's value, in the Tehran Grand Bazaar in Tehran, Iran, December 30, 2025. Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS

Rights group says at least 16 dead in Iran during week of protests

Reuters

People gather by a makeshift memorial near the "Le Constellation" bar, after a fire and explosion during a New Year's Eve party in which people died and others were injured, in the upscale ski resort of Crans-Montana in southwestern Switzerland, January 2, 2026. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse

Numerous teenagers among the dead in Swiss bar blaze, police say

Reuters

Displaced Palestinians take shelter in a tent camp, amid cold weather, in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, December 28, 2025. REUTERS/Haseeb Alwazeer

Israeli forces kill three Palestinians in Gaza, local authorities say

Reuters

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi (L) is welcomed by Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro at Miraflores Presidential Palace in Caracas, on June 12, 2023. Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi arrived in Venezuela Monday for the start of a visit to "friendly countries" that also include Cuba and Nicaragua, all under sanctions from a common adversary, the United States. (Photo by Yuri CORTEZ / AFP) (Photo by YURI CORTEZ/AFP via Getty Images)

Analysis

Beyond Venezuela, what does Maduro’s fall mean for isolated Iran?

To counter US influence and demonstrate global reach, Iran had for years invested heavily in Venezuela as a politically aligned, economically intertwined and rhetorically defiant ally.

A correspondent in Tehran

By A correspondent in Tehran

In Tehran, reporting on politics

U.S. President Donald Trump arrives in his motorcade at an industrial park to purchase marble and onyx from Arc Stone and Tile for the White House ballroom, in Lake Worth, Florida, U.S., January 2, 2026. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

Shop for marble, threaten Iran, capture Maduro: Trump's dizzying holiday routine

Reuters

Protests by shopkeepers and traders in the capital Tehran erupted last week and have now spread to other Iranian cities

At least four killed in protest clashes in western Iran: rights groups

Agence France-Presse

Hundreds of Sudanese from the Heglig area undertook an arduous, cross-border trek to flee advancing RSF fighters, ending up in a camp in Gedaref (pictured)

Sudanese flee across border and back to escape overrun oil town

Agence France-Presse

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks during a meeting in Tehran, Iran January 3, 2026. Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader/WANA (West Asia News Agency)/Handout via REUTERS

Iran supreme leader says will not yield as protests simmer and US threatens

Reuters

Yemen presidency says Saudi-backed forces retake key province

Agence France-Presse

Still image from a social media video claiming to show Saudi airstrikes targeting Southern Transitional Council (STC) positions in Sayoun, Yemen, released on January 2, 2026. UGC/via REUTERS

UAE calls for restraint amid rapidly moving Yemen crisis

Reuters